Internet data protection declaration of
the DITF

The German Institutes of Textile and Fiber Research Denkendorf (DITF)
take the protection of personal data seriously. Information captured during
a visit to our website will be processed in compliance with data protection
provisions. We will not publish your data nor will we forward them to
third parties without your prior permission.

The following indicates which data will be captured as well as what
they will be used for:

Data will be captured/processed during a visit over the Internet

Approval for further use
Newsletters and press release data base
Registration for colloquia, orders

Use and forwarding of personal data

Right to demand information and contact data

Security

Inclusion, validity and current status of data protection declaration

Links to websites

1. Data capture and processing during a visit over the Internet
Each visit to our website produces data that is temporarily stored in
a protocol file. The following data are captured and stored until they
are automatically deleted:

IP address of querying computer

Name and URL of retrieved file

Previously visited website

Date and time of visit

Message if hit was successful

Transmitted data volume

Data identifying browser and operating system

Name of Internet provider.

The processing of these data is required to enable use of the website
(connection establishment) – for the technical administration of
the network, system security, and to optimize our Internet presentation.
IP address analysis is performed only in the case of an attack on the
DITF network.
No personal Profilees are compiled.

Apart from the cases mentioned above personal data are not processed
without your express prior approval.

2. Approval for further use
Some of our offers presented on our website (newsletter for instance),
require prior registration and the further processing of personal data.
This can involve the long-term storage of email addresses, user IDs, and
passwords. Only when you have entered these data and agreed to their usage
do we have the right to their use.

Newsletter and press distribution lists
We will require at least an email address to be able to send you the DITF
newsletter as a PDF file attachment. Additional details are optional and
are used to be able to address you personally and for possible queries
about your email address. Your postal address is required for mail items.
For press distribution lists, details concerning the press organ you work
for are required so that the DITF know that they are actually supplying
information to an organ of the press. A subscribed newsletter can be cancelled
at any time. Please send an email or a fax.

Registration for colloquia, orders
If you request information or wish to register for an event such as a
colloquium, the address data provided are exclusively used for the execution
of the registration or order. The data will not be forwarded to third
parties.

3. Use and forwarding of personal data
Your personal data are only used for the above-mentioned purposes and
only to the extent they are required. The forwarding of personal data
to public authorities will only occur within the scope of urgent legal
provisions or for reasons of prosecution owing to attacks on our network
infrastructure. We do not forward data to third parties for any other
reason.

If you contact us via email, please note that the contents of non-encrypted
emails can be viewed by third parties. We, therefore, strongly recommend
only sending confidential information by post.

5. Security
We take technical and organizational security measures to protect your
personal data administered by the DITF against accidental or intentional
manipulation, loss, destruction, and access by unauthorized persons. These
security measures are continually updated to comply with technological
development.

6. Integration, validity and topicality of the data protection
declaration
Through your visit to our website you are agreeing to the use of the data
as shown above. The data protection declaration dated June 1st 2007 is
currently valid. The scope of this declaration covers the web pages with
the URLs:

This data protection declaration will be modified in line with the further
development of the website and the implementation of new technologies.
The DITF reserve the right to change this statement at any time with immediate
effectiveness. We suggest you keep informed by regularly checking the
current data protection declaration.

7. Links to websites of other providers
Our websites may contain links to the websites of other providers. Please
note that this data protection declaration is exclusively valid for the
websites of the DITF and the ITV, ITCF, and DITF-MR. Those external websites
are beyond our sphere of influence and we do not check if those providers
adhere to updated data protection regulations.

8. Cookies
As a rule we do not apply the use of cookies on our websites. Only session
cookies are placed in your browser memory. These do not have access to
personal data and are deleted when the browser is closed.
If we by way of an exception should also like to store personal data such
as the user ID, we will ask you in advance for your approval. Our websites
can, of course, be viewed without cookies. Most browsers automatically
accept cookies. The storage of cookies can be avoided by making the appropriate
browser settings. If you should not accept cookies this may lead to a
restriction in function.